>I thought you have to be in the US to face american criminal charges. No. The long arm of the US banking system extends globally. I have a friend that's a f

>I thought you have to be in the US to face american criminal charges. No. The long arm of the US banking system extends globally. I have a friend that's a fed that chases people internationally on stuff like this. They won't forcibly extradite you w/out the host countries cooperation though. So if he pays off the right people he can stay there in perpetuity. But... his assets can be frozen, even at the host countries bank via threat of being cutoff from SWIFT.